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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Dalhart, Texas · Thu, Jan 30

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1953

← Jan 23Jan 30Feb 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,073 head

▲ 478 vs last sale 1,595▼ 881 vs year ago 2,954 · −29.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

427 head

▲ 72 vs last sale 355▼ 18 vs year ago 445 · −4.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Most classes of cattle were steady higher on good demand. Steer calves weighing 500lbs and better gained 9.00-11.00 while bigger feeder steers sold steady to slightly lower. Heifers fared well with 500 and 600 pounders gaining 5.00-9.00. There was not a large supply of high yielding slaughter cows but, both high and lower yielding cows gained 5.00-10.00. A few slaughter bulls with no comparable sales with last week but, demand and price was high.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $332.73/cwt on 231 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −120.18 against this barn's trailing median of $452.91.

Average price

$332.73

231 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$41.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.24

vs TX average

−15.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	333.79	1,820	223
Medium and Large 1-2	586	306.63	1,797	6thin
Medium and Large 2	578	292.50	1,691	2thin

One grade step is worth $41.29/cwt here — about $129 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale231 hd

332.73

—

TX average5 barns · 540 hd

325.49

+7.24

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−15.93

This barn, trailing median31 sales

452.91

−120.18

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.66, low $369.71, median $452.91 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,358	139.82	1,899	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,548	129.00	1,997	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,218	119.34	1,453	162
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	928	100.06	928	68

Every lot

78 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	367	394.66/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,448	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,397	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	423	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,248	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	428	380.72/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,629	52
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,732	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	475	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,734	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	483	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,654	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	502	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,644	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	506	357.47/cwt	356.00–362.50	1,809	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	515	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,867	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	338.11/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,799	129
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	565	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,935	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	572	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,865	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	321.82/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,850	69
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	578	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,691	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	306.63/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,797	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	326.44/cwt	321.00–327.00	1,988	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	293.19/cwt	288.00–302.00	1,841	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	641	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,942	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	659	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,997	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,861	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	287.71/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,945	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	714	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,092	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	262.44/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,882	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	263.43/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,999	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	768	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,181	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	275.12/cwt	271.00–289.00	2,127	209
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	793	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,967	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,013	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	917	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,072	70
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	938	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,364	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	948	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,180	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,020	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,458	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1	155	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 2	190	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	330	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,229	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	406	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,502	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	352.91/cwt	345.00–354.00	1,486	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	427	320.27/cwt	311.00–327.50	1,368	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,345	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,215	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	310.62/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,432	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	480	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,382	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	278.44/cwt	269.00–287.00	1,378	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	508	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,613	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	308.26/cwt	302.00–311.00	1,597	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	520	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,586	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,526	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	268.24/cwt	259.00–269.00	1,491	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	573	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,624	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	288.11/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,654	87
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	268.27/cwt	264.50–270.00	1,644	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	289.16/cwt	284.00–293.00	1,819	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	641	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,372	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	668	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,683	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	274.39/cwt	255.00–276.50	1,836	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	688	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,668	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,882	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	751	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,889	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,670	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,891	66
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,036	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	846	215.49/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,823	140
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	943	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,131	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,700	3
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,040	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,496	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,171	156.55/cwt	151.00–174.00	1,833	4
Bulls	—	—	1,441	132.38/cwt	127.00–146.00	1,908	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	849	96.15/cwt	92.00–98.50	816	30
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	868	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	738	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	102.55/cwt	101.00–105.00	995	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,048	112.37/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,178	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,104	111.97/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,236	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,176	116.82/cwt	112.00–125.00	1,374	109
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,404	129.30/cwt	122.00–137.00	1,815	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,548	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,997	5

This sale against other markets

Texas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Texas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Thu Jan 30, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Amarillo, TX (LS-AM)

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,073Last week 1,595Year ago 2,954

Slaughter CattleReceipts 427Last week 355Year ago 445

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
1	150–200	190	300.00	300.00
5	400–450	434	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	688	242.50	242.50
140	800–850	846	215.00–216.00	215.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	434	310.00	310.00
14	450–500	495	269.00–287.00	278.44
8	500–550	549	278.00	278.00
48	550–600	556	259.00–269.00	268.24
33	600–650	613	264.50–270.00	268.27
21	650–700	669	255.00–276.50	274.39
70	750–800	773	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	372.50	372.50
7	400–450	427	311.00–327.50	320.27
13	500–550	508	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	155	525.00	525.00
1	200–250	245	775.00	775.00
24	400–450	421	345.00–354.00	352.91
8	450–500	461	307.50–315.00	310.62
26	500–550	518	302.00–311.00	308.26
87	550–600	574	275.00–291.00	288.11
22	600–650	629	284.00–293.00	289.16
2	700–750	710	265.00	265.00
66	750–800	778	243.00	243.00
18	800–850	826	246.50	246.50
10	900–950	943	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	573	283.50	283.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	450–500	480	288.00	288.00
3	650–700	668	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	406	370.00	370.00
7	600–650	641	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	751	251.50	251.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	414	337.50	337.50
6	550–600	586	305.00–310.00	306.63
21	600–650	628	288.00–302.00	293.19
4	650–700	660	282.00	282.00
7	750–800	759	260.00–272.00	263.43
2	900–950	948	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	465	372.50	372.50
129	500–550	532	330.00–351.00	338.11
69	550–600	575	315.00–329.00	321.82
21	600–650	609	321.00–327.00	326.44
15	650–700	676	285.00–298.00	287.71
8	700–750	717	260.00–270.00	262.44
209	750–800	773	271.00–289.00	275.12
2	800–850	805	250.00	250.00
5	900–950	938	252.00	252.00
5	1000–1050	1,020	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	367	390.00–410.00	394.66
52	400–450	428	377.50–385.00	380.72
8	450–500	475	365.00	365.00
9	500–550	506	356.00–362.50	357.47
43	600–650	641	303.00	303.00
11	700–750	714	293.00	293.00
4	750–800	768	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	502	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	483	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	295.00	295.00
2	550–600	578	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	793	248.00	248.00
70	900–950	917	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	565	342.50	342.50
49	650–700	659	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	362.50	362.50
6	550–600	572	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	250–300	255	1,075.00	1,075.00
2	1000–1050	1,040	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,548	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,048	109.00–114.00	112.37
38	—	1,404	122.00–137.00	129.30
109	—	1,176	112.00–125.00	116.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,104	110.00–113.00	111.97
27	—	970	101.00–105.00	102.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	868	85.00	85.00
30	—	849	92.00–98.50	96.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,441	127.00–146.00	132.38
4	—	1,171	151.00–174.00	156.55

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.